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• Post #2501060

  I've seen some bad "do you want to continue service" copy in the past but this one might be the worst with "nice car you have there, would be shame if something happened to it" -vibes. And this is in addition to the nerve of asking to pay for a SW subscription to a two year old 80k€ car. Also I don't know which features if any if any of this service I use. How about reminding me what exactly the service does.

• Post #2501059

  RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/116450244526694350 While this seems like a trivial problem on surface, it's harder in practice for most companies: - how do you identify and contact affected customers? - how do you confirm they actually bought the product with a tariff addition in the price? - what if the product is now owned by someone else? - what exactly is the date range? - is the company actually getting the money back from US government? - who pays for the refunds? (defini...

• Post #2501058

  USB-C port powered devices that require a USB-A charger (because PD tries to negotiate what it can offer and the receiver is too dumb to say "5V only", or indicate they only have VBUS) should be banned and CEOs of the companies jailed. The legislation mandating just the shape but not technological compatibility is flawed. Now I still have a unitasker cable ("charge-only USB-A to C") and can't rely on existing chargers (without a C to A to C adaption)

• Post #2501057

  Just finished a meeting editing a summary for leadership team; the person taking edits was using an AI tool. So now instead of just me describing what to write to someone summarising everything, that person was writing it to an AI assistant. So when I wanted to change one adjective to another they had to write "for bullet X on section Y change word foo to bar" instead of just changing the word. How TF is this "more efficient"?! We humans are writing the text b...

• Post #2501056

  Can we just collectively agree that UX on decades old apps don't need to get reinvented? New feature, yes by all means explore and find the best experience. New, maybe even better way for a feature people have developed "muscle memory", no don't touch it. People using your tool for work don't have time or mental energy to explore. Discovering new ways to do things require a "hobby project" you can experiment with, not something you hav...

• Post #2501054

  Every company needs their "Songs of Innocence" -moment https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install